About Us and Our Team Culture

At The Centre for Women & Co. and Men & Co. Services we work to support individuals, children and families towards physical and emotional safety through Domestic & Family Violence support and counselling. We work from an evidence-based, trauma-informed and reflective practice framework.

We trust our team members and encourage autonomy.

Our leadership team are grounded and supportive, and we don’t micro-manage.

We are big on investing in professional development and career progression.

We know that working in the DFV and Wellbeing sector is hard work, and we take care of our team.

The Role

The QPS DFV Programs Team Leader will support the Collaborative Partnerships Director to lead, manage and develop the QPS DFV Specialist team members to achieve organisational objectives and performance benchmarks and sustain a culture where excellence, continuous improvement, training, skills development and innovation are priorities.

Provide management, recruitment oversight, support and mentoring to the QPS Co-Engagement and Embedded workers team to effectively undertake their roles, including regular supervision of team member directly and annual performance reviews, diminished performance reviews if necessary and planning.

Provide phone and face to face crisis support, advocacy, information, and referral to people who are experiencing Domestic and Family Violence when required

Liaise with other service providers regarding possibilities for collaboration in service delivery.

Work in partnership with QPS to share learnings across organisations in the spirit of continuous improvement and learning.

Salary and Benefits

SCHADS Level 7.1 ($58.23p/h) | Full-Time (38 Hours Per Week) | $115,062.48 annually

Temporary contract – this contract is a 9 month backfill contract

Salary Packaging up to $15,900 (superannuation can be paid in addition to this, subject to any ATO limit if any).

Flexible Working Arrangements such as; compressed working weeks, or WFH options within program requirements

Pet friendly offices

A supportive induction process and in-house training about the meaningful work we do to support our clients through DFV and improve their wellbeing.

A supportive and warm team culture and working environment where we help one another out, learn from one another and have a lot of fun and laughs

Experience and Qualifications

This role requires qualifications in social work, psychology, or human services. As well as demonstrated experience and comprehensive knowledge of Domestic and Family Violence, and its effect on women, children and the wider community.
This role would also benefit from demonstrated experience and ability in program development and stakeholder engagement

Potential Start Dates

This role is available to start on:

April 7th

April 28th

We have set start dates for new team members so that they can undertake our supportive induction process with our Practice and Development Lead and Risk & Culture Officer. This process allows new team members to have set time to learn more about our organisation, our practice frameworks and set up all equipment and logins.

How to Apply – We Want to Meet You!

We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and welcome applications including a cover letter and resume. To apply for a role, please click ‘apply’. Applications will be accepted until the 28th April 2025. Please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, and interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis as applications are received.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies refrain from submitting candidates for this position.